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Definition: Hearst |
HearstNoun1. United States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Hearst" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1592. (references) |
"Hearst" is a common misspelling or typo for: hearse, heart, hearts. |
Synonym: HearstSynonym: William Randolph Hearst (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Hearst |
| English words defined with "Hearst": aborning ♦ William Randolph Hearst. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Hearst": Diary ♦ YELLOW FEVER. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | So, who is Mr. Hearst, and who is Mr. Welles? (RKO 281; writing credit: Richard Ben Cramer; Thomas Lennon) | |
Lyrics | Patty Hearst heard the burst of Roland's Thompson gun and bought it ("Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner"; performing artist: Warren Zevon) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Welles and Hearst (1996) Hearst Castle: Building the Dream (1996) Patty Hearst (1988) The Hearst and Davies Affair (1985) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Hearst.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Bryan and Hearst.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Little bird, Hearst, bothering large stork-like bird, William J. Bryan.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Hearst in memoriam.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | The Main library in house of Mrs. William R. Hearst at Riverside and 86th Street, New York City, looking from the north library toward the south] / Underwood & Underwood, New York.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Home of Mrs. Phoebe Apperson Hearst, 1400 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Hearst House.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | In a carrot puller' camp near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. Migratory laborers from Texas, packing up to leave camp because of work shortage. "Don't take any pictures of us. We don't want any truck with Mr. Hearst.".Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Mme. Sarah Bernhardt in Phédre, Hearst Greek Theatre, May 17, '06, Act 1.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DIARY, n. A daily record of that part of one's life, which he can relate to himself without blushing. Hearst kept a diary wherein were writ All that he had of wisdom and of wit. So the Recording Angel, when Hearst died, Erased all entries of his own and cried: "I'll judge you by your diary." Said Hearst: "Thank you; 'twill show you I am Saint the First" -- Straightway producing, jubilant and proud, That record from a pocket in his shroud. The Angel slowly turned the pages o'er, Each stupid line of which he knew before, Glooming and gleaming as by turns he hit On Shallow sentiment and stolen wit; Then gravely closed the book and gave it back. "My friend, you've wandered from your proper track: You'd never be content this side the tomb -- For big ideas Heaven has little room, And Hell's no latitude for making mirth," He said, and kicked the fellow back to earth. "The Mad Philosopher" |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Hearst" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 82.35% of the time. "Hearst" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 82.35% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (singular) | 17.65% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 17 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Hearst" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Hearst | Last name | 400 | 19,649 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Hearst Argyle Television Incorporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "Hearst": William Randolph Hearst. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hearst castle | 2,062 |
hearst | 149 |
william randolph hearst | 139 |
hearst magazine | 123 |
patty hearst | 113 |
rick hearst | 100 |
hearst publication | 36 |
hearst castle tour | 34 |
hearst castle california | 27 |
hearst ontario | 27 |
foundation hearst | 26 |
amanda hearst | 25 |
hearst mansion | 24 |
patricia hearst | 23 |
hearst publishing | 22 |
hearst argyle | 21 |
william hearst | 19 |
contact hearst | 18 |
corp hearst | 15 |
hearst castle hotel | 14 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Hearst" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Haraszti, heardst, hearest, Herastau. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: earths, haters, hearts. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: aster, earth, haets, hares, harts, haste, hater, hates, hears, heart, heats, rates, rathe, rheas, share, shear, stare, tahrs, tares, tears, trash. | |
-2 letters: ares, arse, arts, ates, ears, east, eath, eats, eras, erst, etas, eths, haes, haet, hare, hart, hast, hate, hats, hear, heat, hers, hest, hets, rase, rash, rate, rath, rats, resh, rest, rets, rhea, sate, sear, seat, sera, seta, shat, shea, star, tahr, tare, tars, tear, teas, thae, tsar. | |
-3 letters: are, ars, art, ash, ate, ear, eat, era, ers, eta, eth, hae, has, hat, her, hes, het, rah, ras, rat, res, ret, sae, sat, sea, ser, set, sha, she, tae, tar, tas, tea, the. | |
-4 letters: ae, ah, ar, as, at, eh, er, es, et, ha, he, re, sh, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: aethers, anthers, bathers, berthas, breaths, chaster, dearths, earshot, fathers, gathers, hafters, halters, hamster, hardest, hardset, harslet, harvest, hastier, hatreds, hatters, hearths, heaters, lathers, rachets, rashest, ratches, reheats, shatter, slather, swather, tephras, thalers, thawers, thenars, thraves, threads, threaps, threats, trashed, trashes, wreaths. | |
+2 letters: arethusa, barghest, batchers, blathers, brachets, brashest, breadths, breathes, catchers, chanters, chapters, chariest, charters, chatters, cheaters, cratches, earshots, earthset, enthrals, farthest, feathers, hairiest, hairnets, halberts, halteres, hamsters, hardiest, harshest, harslets, harvests, hastener, hatchers, haunters, hauteurs, headrest, heartens, hearties, heathers, hectares, hektares, hetaeras, hetairas, hoariest, hoarsest, hydrates, hysteria, inearths, leathers, loathers, matchers, outhears, oxhearts, panthers, patchers, phorates, preheats, ratchets, ratholes, recharts, recheats, rheostat, sharpest, shatters, sheather, shortage, slathers, snatcher, stancher, starched, starches, swathers, teachers, teraohms, thankers, theaters, theatres, theriacs, thermals, thesauri, thoraces, thoraxes, thrashed, thrasher, thrashes, tracheas, trachles, tranches, trashier, trashmen, trehalas, triphase, unearths, urethans, urethras, watchers, waterish, weathers, wreathes, yachters. | |
+3 letters: adherents, aeroliths, anchorets, antherids, anthraces, arethusas, arthroses, atheromas, atrophies, attachers, authoress, authorise, baratheas, barghests, bathrobes, brashiest, breathers, catharses, cathedras, catheters, chantries, chapiters, charities, charriest, chastener, chastiser, chaunters, chelators, chlorates, chordates, chromates, daughters, detachers, dishwater, earthiest, earthnuts, earthpeas, earthrise, earthsets, earthstar, enthralls, ephorates, erythemas, ethnarchs, eurybaths, exhauster, gatherers, gearshift, ghastlier, goatherds, grapeshot, graphites, hairstyle, harvested, harvester, hasteners, hatmakers, hatterias, headfirst, headrests, heartiest, heartless, heartsick, heartsome, heartsore, heptarchs, herbalist, heritages, herniates, hesitater, horsetail, hysterias, ingathers, katharses, latherers, laughters, litharges, marshiest, merchants, metaphors, mishanter, narthexes, neatherds, northeast, orchestra, overhasty, overhates, overheats, pentarchs, perianths, phratries, plethoras, ratfishes, regathers, reheaters, rematches, repatches, reteaches, rethreads, rhatanies, rheostats, scratched, scratcher, scratches, seaworthy, senhorita, shattered, sheathers, shortages, shortcake, shortwave, slathered, slaughter, snatchers, snatchier, stanchers, starchier, stauncher, stomacher, sunbather, superheat, swarthier, tarbushes, tarnished, tarnishes, tetrarchs, thatchers, theatrics, theocrats, therapies, therapist, therapsid, theriacas, thesaural, thesaurus, thioureas, thirlages, thrashers, threaders, threapers, threatens, thwackers, thwarters, tracheids, trachytes, trashiest, trauchles, trehalose, trochleas, unthreads, upgathers, urethanes, watershed, wheatears, wrathiest, yahrzeits. | |
+4 letters: aftermaths, aftershave, aftershock, allethrins, amateurish, anastrophe, anchorites, anhydrites, anorthites, antechoirs, antiheroes, antiherpes, apartheids, apostrophe, archetypes, architects, archpriest, artichokes, athrocytes, atmosphere, autarchies, authorised, authorises, authorizes, bathwaters, betrothals, birthdates, birthrates, blatherers, brachiates, branchiest, branchlets, breathiest, breathings, breathless, broadsheet, bushmaster, carritches, cartouches, cartwheels, cathedrals, characters, charlottes, charterers, chartreuse, chasteners, chastisers, chatterers, clathrates, deathtraps, dehydrates, disenthral, dishearten, dishwaters, dispatcher, driveshaft, earthiness, earthliest, earthlings, earthrises, earthshine, earthstars, earthwards, earthworks, earthworms, enchanters, entrechats, enwreathes, escharotic, eutherians, exarchates, exhausters, farsighted, fatherless, fatshedera, forgathers, frameshift, freshwater, gatherings, gearshifts, godfathers, hairstreak, hairstyles, hammertoes, handwrites, harassment, hardfisted, hardiments, harlotries, hartebeest, harvesters, harvesting, harvestman, harvestmen, hatcheries, headmaster, headstream, headstrong, headwaters, heartaches, heartbeats, heartburns, heartiness, heartlands, heartsease, heartwoods, heartworms, heatstroke, hectograms, hematurias, herbalists, hereabouts, hereafters, hermitages, hesitaters, hexameters, hibernates, hilarities, horsetails, housetrain, hysterical, inbreathes, inhabiters, interphase, isothermal, larghettos, lethargies, mastership, mesothorax, metaphrase, mishanters, mythmakers, nightmares, northeasts, octarchies, orchestral, orchestras, orthoclase, outcharges, outmarches, outreaches, parachutes, parchments, parritches, pasticheur, peashooter, preachiest, preharvest, preheaters, printheads, rachitides, raunchiest, ravishment, reattaches, recharters, rehydrates, reinhabits, revanchist, rheostatic, rheumatics, rheumatism, saltshaker, saprophyte, scratchers, scratchier, senhoritas, shattering, shearwater, shipmaster, shirtmaker, shmaltzier, shortbread, shortcakes, shortwaves, shrievalty, slathering, slaughters, soothsayer, sphalerite, starchiest, starfishes, stealthier, stepfather, stomachers, straighted, straighten, straighter, stramashes, strathspey, subchapter, subtrahend, sunbathers, superheats, swarthiest, sweatshirt, sweetheart, tarbooshes, telegraphs, thearchies, therapists, therapsids, thermostat, thimerosal, threadfins, threadiest, threadless, throatiest, thwartwise, tovariches, tovarishes, tracheitis, tracheoles, trailheads, transshape, trashiness, trehaloses, triarchies, trichiases, trierarchs, trihedrals, trochlears, ultraheats, unwreathes, washateria, washeteria, watchcries, watersheds, whatsoever. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 65 61 72 73 74 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... . .- .-. ... - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100101 01100001 01110010 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e a r s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 0061 0072 0073 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)427167848586 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Names: Frequency 11. Names: Company Usage 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Derivations 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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